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Czeslaw Milosz (1911-2004) was one of the great literary voices of the twentieth century, in no small part because he very much lived the events and ideologies of that century. Born into a Polish family in what was then the western fringe of the Russian Empire, and what is now Lithuania, a young man Milosz found his life upended by the First World War and his father's conscription in the Russian army. In the Second World War, he provided aid t...

Planning an upcoming train trip on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor from New York City to Washington, D.C.? Then this is the book for you! Learn about everything out your window milepost-by-milepost and really enhance your journey. It really helps pass the time knowing about the interesting people, places, and history that you will see. This book was written by Dr. Eva Hoffman of Evergreen, Colorado. When Dr. Hoffman passed in 2022, she left the co...

Planning an upcoming train trip on Amtrak's California Zephyr from Chicago, Illinois to Denver, Colorado? Then this is the book for you! Learn about everything out your window milepost-by-milepost and really enhance your journey. It really helps pass the time knowing about the interesting people, places, and history that you will see. This book was written by Dr. Eva Hoffman of Evergreen, Colorado. When Dr. Hoffman passed in 2022, she left the...

Planning an upcoming train trip on Amtrak's Empire Builder from St. Paul, Minnesota to Glacier National Park, Montana? Then this is the book for you! Learn about everything out your window milepost-by-milepost and really enhance your journey. It really helps pass the time knowing about the interesting people, places, and history that you will see. This book was written by Dr. Eva Hoffman of Evergreen, Colorado. When Dr. Hoffman passed in 2022,...

Planning an upcoming train trip on Amtrak's Downeaster from Boston to Coastal Maine? Then this is the book for you! Learn about everything out your window milepost-by-milepost and really enhance your journey. It really helps pass the time knowing about the interesting people, places, and history that you will see. This book was written by Dr. Eva Hoffman of Evergreen, Colorado. When Dr. Hoffman passed in 2022, she left the copyrights for her b...

Planning an upcoming train trip on Amtrak's California Zephyr from Salt Lake City, Utah to San Francisco, California? Then this is the book for you! Learn about everything out your window milepost-by-milepost and really enhance your journey. It really helps pass the time knowing about the interesting people, places, and history that you will see. This book was written by Dr. Eva Hoffman of Evergreen, Colorado. When Dr. Hoffman passed in 2022, ...

Planning an upcoming train trip on Amtrak's Coast Starlight from Seattle, Washington to Sacramento, California? Then this is the book for you! Learn about everything out your window milepost-by-milepost and really enhance your journey. It really helps pass the time knowing about the interesting people, places, and history that you will see. This book was written by Dr. Eva Hoffman of Evergreen, Colorado. When Dr. Hoffman passed in 2022, she le...

Planning an upcoming train trip on Amtrak's Empire Builder from Glacier National Park to Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington? Then this is the book for you! Learn about everything out your window milepost-by-milepost and really enhance your journey. It really helps pass the time knowing about the interesting people, places, and history that you will see. This book was written by Dr. Eva Hoffman of Evergreen, Colorado. When Dr. Hoffman pas...

Planning an upcoming train trip on Amtrak's Texas Eagle from Chicago, Illinois to San Antonio, Texas? Then this is the book for you! Learn about everything out your window milepost-by-milepost and really enhance your journey. It really helps pass the time knowing about the interesting people, places, and history that you will see. This book was written by Dr. Eva Hoffman of Evergreen, Colorado. When Dr. Hoffman passed in 2022, she left the cop...

Planning an upcoming train trip on Amtrak's Southwest Chief from Kansas City, Missouri to Albuquerque, New Mexico? Then this is the book for you! Learn about everything out your window milepost-by-milepost and really enhance your journey. It really helps pass the time knowing about the interesting people, places, and history that you will see. This book was written by Dr. Eva Hoffman of Evergreen, Colorado. When Dr. Hoffman passed in 2022, she...

Planning an upcoming train trip on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor from Boston to New York City? Then this is the book for you! Learn about everything out your window milepost-by-milepost and really enhance your journey. It really helps pass the time knowing about the interesting people, places, and history that you will see. This book was written by Dr. Eva Hoffman of Evergreen, Colorado. When Dr. Hoffman passed in 2022, she left the copyrights f...

Planning an upcoming train trip on Amtrak's Southwest Chief from Albuquerque, New Mexico to Los Angeles, California? Then this is the book for you! Learn about everything out your window milepost-by-milepost and really enhance your journey. It really helps pass the time knowing about the interesting people, places, and history that you will see. This book was written by Dr. Eva Hoffman of Evergreen, Colorado. When Dr. Hoffman passed in 2022, s...

Planning an upcoming train trip on Amtrak's Sunset Limited from New Orleans, Louisiana to San Antonio, Texas? Then this is the book for you! Learn about everything out your window milepost-by-milepost and really enhance your journey. It really helps pass the time knowing about the interesting people, places, and history that you will see. This book was written by Dr. Eva Hoffman of Evergreen, Colorado. When Dr. Hoffman passed in 2022, she left...

Planning an upcoming train trip on Amtrak's Coast Starlight from Sacramento to Los Angeles, California? Then this is the book for you! Learn about everything out your window milepost-by-milepost and really enhance your journey. It really helps pass the time knowing about the interesting people, places, and history that you will see. This book was written by Dr. Eva Hoffman of Evergreen, Colorado. When Dr. Hoffman passed in 2022, she left the c...

Entdecke die Magie des Alltags: "Practical Magic - Zauberhafte Schwestern" ist der zweite Band der "New York Times"- Bestsellerserie um die Owens-Familie.  Seit mehr als zweihundert Jahren macht man die Frauen der Owens-Familie für jedes Übel verantwortlich, das in der kleinen Ostküsten-Gemeinde in Massachusetts geschieht. Kein Wunder, man hält sie für Hexen. Und auch Gilian und Sally bleibt dieses Schicksal nicht erspart. Als Kinder Außenseit...

Finde deine Magie! Mit "The Rules of Magic" hat die Bestseller-Autorin Alice Hoffman eine berührende Geschichte über Liebe, Magie und den wunderbaren Zusammenhalt der Familie geschrieben. New York, Anfang der 60er Jahre. Franny, Jet und Vincent Owens sind keine gewöhnlichen Kinder, denn sie entstammen einer Familie von Hexen: Die schöne Franny hat blasse Haut und, passend zu ihrem Temperament feuerrote Haare. Jet ist sensibel und kann Gedanken...

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Lucien ist ein Stravaganti - er kann durch Raum und Zeit reisen. Eines Tages landet er in Bellezza, einer wunderschönen, schillernden Wasserstadt im 16. Jahrhundert. Doch der Schein trügt: In den engen und verworrenen Gassen der Stadt treiben politische Spione und Auftragsmörder ihr Unwesen. Schneller, als ihm lieb ist, wird Lucien in diese Intrigen verwickelt - und selbst zur Zielscheibe der Verschwörer.

In this arresting, intimate narrative journey, award-winning Eva Hoffman returns to her Polish homeland and five other countries-Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and the two nations of the former Czechoslovakia-historically transformed by the demise of Communism. The result is the penetrating personal odyssey across the "other Europe" and a vivid portrayal of a landscape in the midst of change. Hoffman combines the wise perspective of an outsider a...

Lucien, Georgia und Sky sind Stravaganti, Zeitreisende. Sie finden sich in drei wunderbaren Städten in der Parallelwelt Talia wieder - und ahnen nicht, dass dort die machthungrige Familie di Chimici dem Geheimnis der Stravaganza dicht auf der Spur ist. Ein zwei Welten und Zeiten umfassendes tödliches Spiel beginnt, dass die  jugendlichen Zeitreisenden um jeden Preis für sich gewinnen müssen.